It is so much fun finding that random thing that Max will think is funny for the day. Like his little orange toy in the tub. Or Pixie smelling her butt.
On this day, the words YES and NO were hilarious! They were so funny, he puked.
I hate shopping. I always feel it’s a waste of time. And money. Niether of which I like wasted. I like to be wasted. But, that’s an entirely different blog post some other day.
When I was pregnant with Max, I had no idea what I needed. Some diapers, sure. Bottles, of course. But what KIND of diapers should I get? What KIND of bottles are best? There are so many choices. And as a new mom, who wants to make the wrong decision before the baby even gets here?
A friend was throwing me a shower. And Joe’s mom kept emailing me to make a registry already! But I truly didn’t know where to start. WHAT do I need? And WHICH kind should I get?
So I finally got around to visiting Babies R Us, slowly walked over to the registry counter and like a reluctant teenager there against my will, said I need to start a registry, but I have no idea what I’m doing.
The woman behind the desk solved my problem in on second by handing me a booklet on all things baby that I needed. Well, at least what THEY said I needed. And of COURSE they have that! What was I thinking? Or more rather, why WASN’T I thinking? Of COURSE they have a booklet with a million baby things you NEED to buy because they are SELLING baby things. Duh.
But honestly, that’s what got me started. I had something to work with. A list. And I’m all about list making. Everything I do involves a list. Just ask Joe. He LOVES it when I come up with a to-do list that involves him. LOVES it. Not.
Anyway, back to my point. And I do have one. THIS pregancy there isn’t all that registry making, decision making, what do I get, where should I get it, do I really need it, is that a good price? thing going on. And I’m loving it. It was really arduous and time consuming for me. So now, this time around, I have more free time for other things. Like wonder how the hell am I going to manage having TWO babies only a year apart!??!
Several times now, Max will be doing something funny or cute and as soon as we grab the camera and he hears that little “beep” sound when we turn it on… he stops doing his funny thing! Now we try to sneak up on him with the camera by turning it on in another room and then walking in quietly.
Here Max is doing his usual talky talk while sitting in his chair waiting for lunch. A lot of the time he’s content just reading a book or talking away at himself or screaming at whoever he can see out the window walking down the street. But as you’ll see, once he knows the camera is on him, it’s all over. Therefore Operation Sneaky is in effect.
With Max I craved peanutbutter and banana sandwhiches every night at 2:00 am like I was going to give birth to Elvis.
This time, I’ve been craving ice cream and strawberries. Which also made me guess I might be having a girl. Vanilla ice cream and strawberries DO make the color pink! And it turns out I was right.
I’ve eaten a lot more sugar with this pregnancy overall. I still eat my vegetables and all that… but I eat more dessert. Including ice cream with fruit and peanutbutter. Every. Night.
But isn’t that why they say “girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice”? At least that’s what I thought it meant. Eat more sugar!
Last weeks drama has settled. Mostly.
Pixie’s bandage was taken off and she’s finishing up her medicine today.
Max’s fever broke, his cough is less prominent and his diaper rash is almost gone. Although, this being day 13 of waking with a diaper full of poo is NOT helping the rash! I think it’s the sole reason it’s not completely gone yet. Not that he ever had much of one, but we sure didn’t want it to get worse. I looked online at some photos of diaper rash and OH MY! It can get really out of hand. If you’re interested in seeing some painful looking diaper rash – google it – I dare you.
He’s still getting air-out time for now and loving every minute of it. And something good has come from all this. He is much stronger, and even closer to walking.
I also think he’s happier with all the exploring and new adventures he gets to pursue during air-out time. Perhaps he willed this diaper rash to happen so that he could build these skills faster. I wouldn’t put it past him. And I’m just waiting for him to take that first step WITHOUT holding on to something.
He likes to talk while he explores too. Here he does his best screaming and growly voice for you:
